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Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914
Vcl. XIX, No. 5
Freeport
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HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
nk. Dednc 1 Hi»J
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In the Fraternal Orders News of the Churches jWant Waterways
Dredged
Doiacs in tk« saeret frateniAl org.winirtoBa of Frveport luid icinilr.
Friday, Jan.
Saturday,
Sunday, Feb.
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday
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7.18 a. ro.
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wejcomed their Deputy, Peter R.
Brown. Brother Brown addressed the
12.68 p. m. members on the aabject of attendance
4, 1.56 p. m. at meetings and pointed out that the
5, 8 09 p. m way to start enthusiasm was by worlj-
6, 4.28 p. m. ing from the inside out, rather than
7, 5.82 p. m. outside in. His remarlcs were well re- "~ ceived and after aeveral short talki by
Single copies of the Review for sale our own members, the meeting ad¬ at Greenblatt's and Braithwaite's, journed. Railroad Avenue: Kiefer's, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go-
Subj.cC of Sermoiu, Service* of the week and other doings in the churchea . „ I end church lociebea
About thirty members of Freeport j
Council No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M., ati christian Science Society. Services the regular meeting last Friday night! gunj^y morning at 11 a. m. ; Sanday
School, same hour ; Hempstead Bsnk
Building. Subject next Sunday, Feb¬ ruary 1, "Love." Wednesday even¬ ing services at 8 o'clock.
Enthusiastic Meeting Before Town
Board Committee To Discuss
the Question.
Local Topics
n«nt» and •splanations not entirely of • n^wa nature, on viUage affaire hy thaaditor.
Freeport's Patriarch In the Fire Department
(Contributed)
Few men who attain the age of 94 years can boast of the good health
Matter!
HOW DO THEY "GET
AWAY WITH IT?"
„ ,, _ ,, As 1 have remarked in this column
fraternity Hall, Freeport, was well j^^j^^^ ^^ frequently hear
filled at the meeting Wednesday after noon, called b.y the committee frorn the "Town Board, to consider the prop-
A reading room with Christian Sci- osition of opening the Town water ence literature is open at the above address every weekday from 1 :80 to 5 p. m.
say that he gets all the news village from the daily papers, with which we cannot fully agree. In a daily paper, judging by their reports on local affairs, accuracy is not one of the requisites. The following item appeared in one of the Brooklyn papers
betz s, Main Street: DaSilva s. West a „ ;, ,.„j„. n,„ ,i;.„ ,-, ,»
,,.,„, ' ' ., floor work under the direction of
Merrick Road. tf.
The selection by Mrs. Maud Camp
This Friday^evening, January 80 the bell Fuller, soloist, in the M. E
First Degree team will rehearse their j Church Sunday morning, will be "C
Joseph S. Thom, Boston for several turned to Freenort.
who has months,
been in has re-
De¬ gree Master C. Wesley Golden. All i the members who rehearsed in the, team two weeks ago are urged to be ' present. '
Lord Be Bartlett.
Merciful," by Homer
The W. C. T. U. will meet at home of Mrs. O, W._ Humphrey^, 258 | stated thiit they had already dug
once
and activity possessed by "Uncle" John A. Smith, who resides on North Main Street, near Seaman Avenue, and is known to a large portion of Free- ''f'^l''" P*"""^ residents and hundreds who lived ° "'¦'* in other places. i Hose 1
"Uncle" John can put in a fair day's j Hose 3 work sawing and splitting wood. He j Engine 1 attends to all the chores about his j Truck 1 place, drives a spirited young horse, in | Hose 4 the spring he [jlants a garden and in | Hose 2 the fall cuts corn and husks it. He can jump over a rail fence with the same H;iility as he possessed when con¬ siderably younger and does a lot of other things men younger than he would not think of attempting. /
"Uncle" John lives regularly and always has. That is one of his firm
f interest to and about th. Atemsem in tiur lucal department by H. E. P.
BOWLING TOURNAMENT. STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Won Lost P. C.
ROYAL ARCANUMITES BUSY The following officers of Council No, 1962, Royal Arcanum,
were publicly installed by District
Mrs. Leroy Corby of Smith Street Deputy Grand Regent Frank B. was hostess of the Five Hundred Club Hawkins and staff on Wednesday even
The advertisement of Libby & Ed wards is very opportune and your at tention is called to it.
at her home on Tuesday afternoon.
Lillian Miller has brought an action for absolute divorce against her hus¬ band, Roy B. Miiler, a former resident of this village.
The annual dinner of the Freeport Club will be held at the Club House on Tuesday evening. February 17, at 7:30. Tfie committee consists of Ed
ing: Regent, John S. Sumner; vice regent, O. T. Phillips; orator, Alfred P. Brown; secretary, George J. Harri¬ son; treasurer, Herbert A., Bacon; chaplain, John A. Cavo; guide,' Henry S. Starr; collector, George B. Pater¬ son; past regent, Sylvester P. Shea; warden, Charles Fowler; sentinel, G. H. Schnitzler; trustee, Robert H. Hunt.
Following this agreeable event, the
ward Thomp.son, chairman; Robert 'adits and gentlemen present enjoyed
games of progressive eachre and five hundred, and the Council presented a number of handsome prizes, which the regulations of the post office depart¬ ment prevent us from publishing.
Another interesting event will b« field on Washington's Birthday night.
Anderson, William Thompson, Thomas Soence, Hamilton King and Werner Nygren.
The show, "Traffic in Souls," at the American Theatre Monday and Tues- 'day of this week, afternoon and even¬ ing, drew large crowds, probably larg er than attended any show in Freeport before.
After the last performanci; the tilm was ?ent to Jamaicii, where it is show¬ ing for a week.
The next regular meeting of the FVeeport Arts Club will be held next oleasantly for its members and friends, Monday afternoon with Mrs. (Jeorge H. Hammonl The guests committee consists of Mrs. Frank E. Pitcher, Mrs. Henry J. Raymore, Mrs. Chas. H. Reach, iVliss Eleanor S. Roe, Miss J. C. f{o.ss, Mrs. Willam H. Sammons, Mrs. Samuel R. Smith.
So. Ocean Avenae. Thursday, Febru- ; ary 5 at 3 p. m. Program, "Scientific Fraternal I'^*'"P^'"""'^^ Instruction."
At the annual basiness meeting of fhe M. E. Sunday School Monday ev¬ ening, the lollowing officers were el¬ ected : Superintendent, Harold E. Brown ; assistant superintendents, Geo. VanRiper and Miss Anna Eldridge; secretary, Oscar W. Valentine; assist¬ ant secretary, Frank S. Snedeker, jr.; treasurer, Lewis H. Ross ; librarian. Sinclair Raynor; pianist, Miss Anna Eldridge; assistant pianist, Mrs. Sin¬ clair Raynor; chorister, Wilbur liay¬ nor; superintendent of Junior Depart¬ ment, Lewis H. Ross; superintendent of Cradle Roll, Mrs. S. 0. Curtice; superintendent of Home Department, Mrs. S. R. Smith.
ways so that it would be possible to
get to Point Lookout from the various
villages along the South Side during
the coming summer season A couple j \^^^ Thursday, which will give an idea
of weeks ago the Great South Bay i ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^-^ ^^ ^^
^T?,^?" ^u''"^ ;/""'!'^V general items, and this one which
and M.Lamb applied to the Town ,.,^„,j j,^^^. ^^^^^ ^^^-^^^^ ^j^^out any Board and asked them tc see if some- ^^^^^^^ whatever, thing could be done to open these Town - , , n i^
I waterways, particularly the channels The extension of the trolley fran-
the I connecting with Point Lookout. Thev <=h'9e of the Freeport Railroad Com-
"'" uch pany thiough Railroad Avenue, and up beliefs in ordtr to acquire longevity,
channels themselves once at an ex- Grove Street to East Handall Park is "Mo.^t people live too fast," said pense of about $1600, and would not P'"o^a'''y o"^'o^.^he causes of the boom the nonagenaritn. "Many of them do this again, 88 they were not mak- '"'"»'''''^"<'"- are burning the candle at f)oth ends."
ing money on their boata to the beach, ' Giving credit to the Freeport Rail- "Uncle" John gels about ten hours and it would be better foi them to road Company for the development of skcp regularly. He eats three good close down entirely than go to such an ' East Randall Park, on the strength of nieal^ u day, drinks a milk punch now expense again. a franchise to run a trolley past the and then, beliivinp such necessary for
The matter waa referred to Justices depot, and in no way connecting with one of bis years, chews tobacco in Raisig, Neu and Jones, and the meet- East Randall Park, is some imagina- snmll quantilies and once in a while
tion. The Freeport Railioad Company smokes a cigar.
the Woodcleft section, and keeping in j but once in my life," said he, "and
Freeport people who would otherwise j thnt was when I was very young. It
Justice Raisig, as chairman, called go to the city for the winter, or earlier j we.i so !oii-- ii;;:) I almost forgot it."
the meeting fo order and stated that than they do. but I do not believe that ^ "Uncle" John has a rcnmrkable
they wished to hear the ideas and even their genial president would claim , mainoiy and can lell of incidents many
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ing waa arranged, which was held
Weuiieautiy nrieiiiouii nl Fiatciiiii^ ;
Hall, which was loaned for the occa¬ sion by the owner, Capt. James Hanse.
The Sunday School of the Preabyter¬ ian Church will ho'd a valentine social on the evening of February 6.
opinions of those present interested.
Leo Fishei was the first speaker, and said that it seemed to hiin that this was a matter which concerned the whole town of Hempstead, and espe eially the villages and inhabitants of the south' side of the tnwn, and some¬ thing must be done at once, as the i
that they were responsibile for the wcais ago as well as those of recent
building in East Randall Piiik By the way the same item suy.--; "I'Jast Randall Park, whieh iias been
somewhat slow, has taken a sudden
start."
My readers will recall that nenrly a
year bro I published a list oi' new
period. He keeps up to date in mat ters of news and not unlike many old
Monday evening Hose 1 started on their "winning ways" when they took Hose 2 into camp three games straight. The scores :
Hose 1, 793; Hose 2, 672 Hose 1, 867; Hose 2, 632 Hose 1. 752; Hose 2. 678
Hose 3 and Hose 4 met for the first time Thursday night, and Hose 3 won two out of the three games, as fol¬ lows :
Hose 3, 697: Hose 4, 627 Hose 3, 701; Hose 4, 564 Hose 3 698; Hose 4. 707
Does the cold weather alTeet the Fire Departinent'.' During the recent cold stiap. on Tuesday, the coldest of the days, New" Yv>ik Cit.>, fiom mid¬ night on .Monday to midnight on Tues¬ day, had ninety-four alarms.
, ~. ,,^ ^ , i<=*'«""el was not navigable now at low tjyi|,,ii„p^t ^^ly^g^ j^,,^^,.
The regular meeting of the Woman s [ water, by boats drawing over 18 inches ^|, p^^^ section, better known as the
February 23 in Brooklyn Hall, when Missionary Society of the First Pres-' of water, and even at that the chunne lh>! Hearon Sisters Concert Company byterian Church will be held in the 1 was very narrow. This concerns the will present a fine musical and novelty chapel on Wednesday, February 4, at' villages of Freeport, Baldwin, Rock- program and al the conclusion of 3 o'clock. The subject will be "Am-*ville Centre, East Rockaway, and which another dance will be held. , rican Indians" and "Corea." ] many of the people who live in these
The interesting social events con-' I sections use that channel as the only
stnntly produced fjy this live Council ^n Sunday next, Dr. Curtice, pastor I way of getting to the beach, and their
of the Methodiat Church, will eom-. livelihood depends upon their ability plete the series of aermons on the ' to reach various sections of the bay, "Sermon on the Mount," which be is ' which could only be done through this preaching. The theme of the morning ' channel.
sermon will be "The Orchard Proof." j One of the most important attrac-
will be The topic of the evening sermon will | tions of Long Island is its waterways,
Wednes- i^e "The Flood Test." ] which the recent storms have practi-
The monthly meeting of the Official; cally closed up in this aection, and un-
Board will be held on Monday evening | less aomething is done immediately it
next, at 8 o'clock. | will prove a very material detriment
Plans are now under way for the ; to the Town of Hempstead.
have dono much to make the time pass
oleasantly for its
and a very active yenr is anticipated
Tho next regular meoting of Free port Chapter, 302, R. A. M. held at Mechanics' Hall next day evening, when the degree of Mark Master Mason will be conferred.
A moving picture show that ahould be helped, at least by every real - ^ .
sportsman buying a couple of ticketa, ; Thursday evening. At the same meet- '"K^ "t the church with the exception , extent that the Town of Hempstead
Freeport Lodge 1253, B. P. 0. E., initiated ten candidates at the meeting taking of the annual henevofent offer-1 it seemed to Mr. Fishei that to the
... the benefit performance for lhe ing len candidates were elected and ofthe offering for missions, which South Side Athletic Association, to be fifteen applijations received. The was taken some weeks ago. These held at the Plaza next Wednesday ev- present membership is now 732. causes have a noble puriwse and nioney
ening, Feb. 4. Tickets are now on , The Hous'j Committee announced sale, and if you are asked to buy a that the opening ball at the new Club couple do not try to get out of it. If House woL'ld probably be held on the you are not asked to buy any, you can eve of St Patrick's Day, although it
contributed to them is well invested. Were the Methodist Chureh to cease the work it is thus carrying on, and
had authority lo spend money on its highways it should be authorized lo spend money on its waterways, which were "Equally important. The Town owns over 10,000 acres of land along Its waterways, which could be materi
get theni at the Plaza.
were other denominations to call in ; ally improved if the channels were dug
had not been positively decided.
was served at the Club House, a mem¬ ber from Bay Shore having sent over two barrels of hard crabs to be used.
Business Men Dine
A meeting called by the Neighbor¬ hood Workera of Freeport was held in the assembly room of the Grove Street School Wednesday evening.
George J. Nelbach, assistant secre¬ tary of the State Charitiea Aid Asso¬ ciation, gave an intereating talk on
the "Public Health Law," especially; The Business Men's Aasociation of in its relation to the care and treat-1 Freeport had an informal dinner and ment of tutierculoais patients. i "exchange if ideas" at the Alpine
Dr. Charles S. Prest, executive in Hotel, Merrick lioad and Bayview charge of the hospital work of the so- ! Avenue, Tuesday night. James Cam- ciety, also addressed the meeting. ! pion, president of the association, pre¬
sided.
their workers from similar tasks, the
world wouid aoon begin its downward
After the meeting, a crab supper course. Sunday, February 8, is the
day fixed for this great annual bring¬ ing in of the "tithes.''
The topic of the Thursday evening prayer service next week will be "The Strait Way: Reasons Why It la Straight."
A very pleasant evening was paaaed , gmith Cox, President of the village, at the home of Mr and Mrs. Arthur i^„^ ^^e Freeport merchant a care- Whitehouse, North Mam Street, Sat- f„,_ painstaking person, trying to ca- urday January 24, when they e«.ter-; t„ ^ ^^e needs of the people. The tained a number of young peop e >n h.usiness organization is a valuable as- honor of their niece. Miss Gertrude j .^^ ^^ ^^e village, he thinks. Village Brotheridge, of Flatbuah j^^^^ Ernest S. Randall spoke on
The evening wad spent in play.ng ^he importance of credit, referring to gamei and dancing, the favors being ^he improved standing it gives in a won by Miss Grace Turner Miss Annie ^ju Louis Hall advocated the
Bedell, Harvey George and Joe Pettit. After the dancing supper was served, which the young folks greatly enjoyed. Among those present were : Miss Grace and Helen 1 urner, Edith Whitehouse, Helen Sprague, Annie Bedell, Susie George, Florence Whitehouse, Ger¬ trude Brotheridge ;Messrs. Archie Post, Harvey George, Willard VanRiper.i Judson Longeman, Bert Edwards, Joe Pettit, Claude Brotheridge; also^Mrisi Charles Whitehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Brotheridge.
760 Peck & Snyder Club Skates, 49c Stable Lanterna, 89c Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Kitchen Stoves, No. 8, $16.00;
No. 6, $10.00
Boat Stoves, $8.75 Griddlea, 69c up O-Cedar Mops, 98c 89c Axes, 65e Clothciipins, 8c doz.
DaSilva's, W. Merrick Road. Advertiaement.
"Conditions of Discip^.ship," will be the morning subject of the sermon in the Baptist Church next Sunday. In the evening the pastor. Rev. Elmer E. Loux, will preach the concluding sermon in the "Prodigal Son" Series. Subject, "A Waiting Father, and a Welcome Home." All are moet cord¬ ially invited to be present.
The paator of the church has sent out to the members of his congrega¬ tion a post card invitation to make next Sunday a special "Go To Church Day." The card is as follows: My dear Friends:—
In Brooklyn and elsewhere, next prompt redaction of claims by the pub- -Sunday, February 1, is "Go To Church lishing of judgmeots. jDay." Would it not be a splendid
James Hanse, formerly Village thing for us, and for our church, if President, declared that the real estate I everyone would just determine to valuation* in Freeport compare favor- I make that day a church day? For once ably with other villageb on Long Isl- let us have the church full, and it will and. The buyer in Kreeport gets more ; be easy if all in this home, both young for his money than anywhere else on j and old, would go to church next Sun- Long laland, he said. j day. Encourage your church and its . Albin N. Johnson, secretary and i pastor and honor jod, by making spe- counsel for the aHsociation, said that I cial efforts to be present both morning last month 300 letters were sent out | and evening. Everybody come; bring for claims. In many instances mer- j aomebody. chants have secured judgments worth i Affectionately your Paator, while. He dwelt on the mutual as-j Elmer E. Loux. sistance each member gives the other. I "
What pleases him is tbe slow, steady [ The Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Vincent growth the association has made in ita i ^^ P*"' Society of the Church of the two vears. i Holy Redeemer will hoid a euchre and
Frank A. Wood, County Sealer of i dance at Brooklyn Hall, February 6.
in a proper manner and the land along the same improved. If the Town
Hron.x, then ahowed more building operations than any other section of the village with the exception of the Woodcleft Soction.
ALWAYS THE SAME I imagine that our city contemporar¬ ies must furnish a book of instructions to reporters, and that one of the items of inatruction must read something ; like this:
"When reporting a robbery always state the village is agr^g with excite¬ ment over the affair."
It does not matter if anyone knows it except the police anti the owner of jthe house, the wording looks good any¬ how.
FOUR TRUSTEES OR EICHTV I note that the Freeport Taxfiayers Asaociation is considering the proposi¬ tion to ask the voters to decide as to whether there shall be four or fight Truatees in the Village Board. At the present time I am not in favor of this (iroposition, but would be (ileased to receive the opinion of my readers
Board did not have authority to spend ; «'/'^e'"_^"':_°'"«K«'"«t this proposition, the money then the committee should recommend that necessary legislation be immediately procured to allow the Town to take care of its waterways.
Judge Raisig asked Mr. Fishei what he thought the expense of clearing the channel at the present time would be, and Mr. Fishei aaid that he thought it would be about $1200, but thia would be only a temporary clearing
Tickets are selling nicely for the masquerade and civic ball of Hose 1 at the Crystal Lake House on Thurs¬ day evening, February 19. Tickets miiy lie secured of any member of the committee which consists of Edward Tryon, chairman; Daniel G. Raynor, LeRoy Smith and
Alvin E Ciarenc
Raynor, Williams
Boy Lost At Merrick
Mrs. Moaes Jarvis called at the Nas sau County Review office yesterday al- ternonn a'nd asked for aid in a search for her 12 year old grandson, Walter Schenck, who had not been aeen since noon the day before. He was at school at Merrick at noon playing wilh some
SMITH
Freeport's oldest citizen, who is still ¦ enjoying life immensely
I people has ridden in ajtomobiles.
I "I like the automoliile," but I want
I .^ careful driver," said the venerable
j citizen.
During his early life, "Uncle" John wa.- Iiain2d iv ffr:jiing. He was born near Merrick, but for over 60 years has lived al his present home in Free-
Judge Raisig said that the Town I of the other poys, and when the belli , , ,
apent about $40,000 for maintaining rang they all ran in, and his absence ! P""-*- tor years he worked lhe tract its highways outside of incorporated I was not noticed, but when he failed to | of'and consisting of about 14 acres
ghways outside ot incorporaicu i . — -- - -- i , ^ ¦. , ,
villages, and there ahould be, if there j return*ome at night Mr.s. Jarvis be- I ^>f"^^ 't «as sub-divided into building waa not, some law to allow the Town i <^ame worried and appealed to aome of | P'ots and nanied Russell Park to spend money for taking care of its i the neighboring residents at Men ick ; ».you"R [""" I'e drove cattle
waterways equally wel
William H. Paterson said the mat- i ter waa of interest to the whole south aide, taking in all the villages, and un-1 leas aomething was done we would I practically be shut oat from our beach¬ es. The Town certainly should spend the money, as soon as poasible. The i suggestion was'made that the water¬ way to the west of the Hempstead Bay ' Yacht Club be opened up inatead of ] the one to the east, which seemed to i
When to the who searched the woods carefully but ' *¦'*>¦ niarkets and gays he knew every could find no trace of the missing lad. ¦ bouse between Freeport and the East Mrs. Jarvis was referred to Sherifl R'ver.
Pettit who has alarm for the lad.
sent out a general
Nosworthy Home Robbed; Also Others
An adjourned meeting of the Fire ('ouncii was held ut the Engine H<iusb Wednesday evening. Present were Chief Ldoimni, Asst. Chiefs Pearsall illld Smith, Wardens Slillwelltif Hose 1, Starr of Hose 2, ConiKir and Rice of Engine 1 and Boland and Niles of Truck 1. Companies not represented reported.
The meeting had been held princi¬ pally to prepare a budget of the com¬ ing year's expenses and the foreman j of each of the companies was request- ! ed lo submit a Iiat of the supplies and improvements he thought would be ne¬ cessary to the maintenance ol his com¬ pany for the year. Lists were re- ceived from all six companies.
After thoroughly going over the lists suiimitted, the list ni supplies requisi- tiuiieil for, but not secured during the past year, which will be necessary to secure ; and cuniparing budgets asked for previous years, a budget was adopted and will be subinilted lu the Board al their nexl meeting.
It was decided to approve tbe re¬ quest of Hose 2 that an item of $.150 placed in the budget for the main¬ tenance of their horses for the yeflf.
I'ermission was grunted lo Hose 4 to use an automobile fnr towing their wagon to fires, und lo keep the auto¬ mobile in the house, provided it was used for fire jjurimses only.
F<ireman Boland of Truck 1 reported he had attended the Alunmi entertain¬ ment oi the Freepori High .School, De¬ cember 27, on detail of (;iiief Loonam, and had found all the tire regulations observed.
Exemption papera were granted to Robert G. Anderson, formerly of Truck 1.
Arthur W Friend was approved as a member of Truck 1,
The following were dropfied from the roll of the Department at the re¬ quest of their corniianies : Edward Meaney and Edward E. Meaney, Hose 4; Theodore Neumlorfer, Hose 1.
The cup received as a prize at Hempstead in 1911 was received by the Council at this time, and entrusted
The summer home of Arthur Nos¬ worthy, corner Lena and Ocean Ave- meet with the approval of the citizens ¦ nues, was robbed some time between present. , Wednesday evening and Friday morn¬
in answer to questions as to the lia- >ng, and valuables estimated at over bility of Senator Reynolds and the $3000 were stolen. - • ^
First Construction Co., which had! Mr. Nosworthy is vice president of "¦*¦"• <=°"*V""""K''7 .K^^^at'ons.
¦ a ficahnarA rnnofe„ntinn r^mnonv »" pOlltlCS, UnClc John IH a R
"Uncle" John married Susan Smilh, a daughter of Capl. Kaynor Rock Smith, one of the early settlers of Freeport, and the first paid lifeiaver
on the south I.ong Island coast. She, . ,,,-,..,„,,
died at the age of 89 in 1911. The I '"''"^ custody of Kngine (.„. No. 1, couple had tw.»lve children, three ofj ^''"^'^ quarters the Council meets whom are living- Alonzo and Abraham Lincoln of Freeport and Charles Smith of Baldwin, chairman of the Republic an Town Committee. Fifteen grand¬ children are living, 10 great grand¬ children and 2 great great grandchild-
bought from the Town the property at i the Seaboard Construction Company Long Beach, and most of Point Look- iand during tbe winter lives in Brook- out, Judge Raisig said that Mr. Rey-! lyn. Wednesday noon his young son.
poi
publican. He has voted regularly for Presidential candidates since 1814.
nolds, at a meeting with the ' Town Arthur D Nosworthy, was here, looked ^'""*^ >*"*" ^.V'" ^* *'*''^/^'-' °^'" °^
nd
two
Weights and Measures, brought with ! The proceeds are for charch carpets, him several boxes and baskets to show i '* "'as one of the wishes of the late the cheating devices some merchants i ^«^- Charles A. Logue that the fund use He told of his visits to the vari- j be completed, and the socieiy ia mak- ous villages. While violations have I'ng every eflfort to have the affaira
~ heen many in some villages, and while ' Kreat success. Refreshments will be
Annual white goods sale at Bar-! he has had several violations in Free-j served. Mrs. Charles S. Hervey, of aach's Dept. Store begins Saturday, i PO't, too, his last trip around tne eir-' B»Jdwin, and Mrs. Harry L. Cohen, of January 31. Double grew, stamps c"'* showed a gain in honeaty here. | Porterfield Place, Freeport, given with everything in tt» line of Not a single violation was lodged on < charge of the arrangements, white goods. This will be the^'largeat f^'s recent visit to the village, cut price sale in white goods this town J- D. Kiefer urged the basiness
members of the Association to favor all village improvements as a method of bringing new people into the village and thus helping business in general. During the evening, entertainment
have
,has ever had,.
See our windows.
Advw^aement
MOTHERS ATTENTION!
Children's Serge Dresses, regular price up to $3.49; year choice, $2.25; | was fari7iahed by ^Dudley Preacott of •izes 6 to 14 years.
Children'a School Dresses, 59c up Underwear for all—
Infant's, 2fi to 50c
Children's Fleeced Lined, 20 to S5c
Boys' Heavy Fleeced, 25 to 35c
Children's Wool, 40 to 76c
Ladiea' Fleeced Lined, 26 to 60c
Men's Heavy Fleeced, 60c
Men's Heavy Grey, 60 to 85e
Men'a Wool, guaranteed, $1 to $1.60
Children's Union Suits, 26 to 76c
Seai'nan'B Reliable. Dry Gooda Store,
j Revival services are announced for j every evening except Saturday at the I First Methodibt Church. North Main ^ Street, in . harge of Rev. R. H. Shaw I of New York.
tbe Star Lyceum Bureau of New York.
Fourteen Years Ago
(It<'ius of yit«'n'st fnun tbo Review files^ fourteen years ago this week i
Sunday morning the quarterly Com¬ munion of the Presbyterian Church will be held and in connection with the service new members will be re- cetyed. A communion address by the pastor will be given.
town tax collector other minor offices.
For over twenty-eight years he has driven to Hempstead Town Hall after midnight and brought to the Fifth El¬ ection District polling places the bal- lot.H, boxes, booths and other election
Board last May stated that bis dredges {through the house and found every were busy and it seemed to him much ; thing in ajiple pie order. Friday noon better to continue where he was work- i a neighbor noticed that one of the win¬ ing, at the west end of the channel, dows was open. She made a hurried but if the Board insisted he would investigation and found the side door move his dredge and clean out the east ajar and one look inside the houae end of the channel first. j showed her that the place had been ,
Judge Jones, after some discussion, : ransacked. She notified the police and Paraphernalia, as to just what Senator Reynolds i also Mr. Nosworthy at his Brooklyn , Unless some physical ailment un¬ agreed, read the contract, which pro- home. ; foreseen should a tack him "Uncle' vided that as a part of the purchase' Friday evening between 7:30 and J°*'"'"'*''^""'''^''^'^ "'^^"'"'¦y. price, Senator Reynolds should dig a 9:80 the Biahop residence, corner channel as far east as the Hempstead Southside Avenae and Bedell Street, Bay Yacht Club House, to be 200 feet, was entered and $50 in cash and valu¬ ables worth from $100 to $200 taken.
Unclaimed Letters
(FrMport P.tl Offic.)
i Weekly Weather Report
Friday, Jan. 23, clear and not cold; began to rain
Pa.1t State Councilor Anderson vis¬ ited Freeport Council. Jr. O. U. A. M. W, Horafield Writes an article advo¬ cating pension lifesavers at Govern¬ ment Life Saving Stations. M.iri Street. I Freeport Club planning to open iU
AdverUsement 1"«" Club Hous« OIJ Main Street.
The evening service will be under h'"'"'' '^^^ould be done with some sys the charge of the Young People's' ^*'"' ^° Properly fill the ground and Christian Association and will be «n I ^bow what could be done, and not
wide, and 10 feet deep at low tide.
Ex-Judge Edwards insisted that Mr. Reynolds and his Company shoulcf be forced to live up to their agreement, and he thoaght further that the Town
Board had the necessary authority to overcast in evening; do the dredging without any action of during night. Legislature, as it aeemed to him that j Saturday; warm and rainy, this certainly was a proper highway muddy, raining harder all day. leading to the settlement at Point igte in the evening.
Lookout. He said he was not prepared Sunday, about 2 a m., cleared off .McLaughlin Bros, to give this as a legal opinion, as he and wind began to blow very hard, so Raynor, W. had not looked the matter up. If the ; that by daylight the mnd was nearly Rogers, Mr., Lillian Place Town Board should decide to do the gone, and water frozen over, windy all Stratton, Mr. John
\ery until
Austen, Miss Ruth Crandell. Mr. Harlan Durkin, Miss E. Davis, Mra. Mary A. Davies, Mrs. John Gillette. William Grey, Mrs. Lillian Hills. Mr. Harry McDonald. Mr. Walter
day.
Monday, clear and not very cold in began to snow after noon, but
Scheiler. Mrs. M. Sloane, James J.
Collector Niles was empowered to j execute a bond with the Roswell Davis I Underwriting Agency for his bond as I Collector of the Department. , Communication was received from ! Hose 3 that David Pettigrew. jr., bad I succeeded Royal Lewis as secretary of that comjiany.
I James Fairbrother offered to keep the brakes on all the wagons that had been sold by him in good condition f'jr one year, provided the brakes were not misused; offer accepted.
Rev. A. C. Karkau. pastor of the Lutheran Church, was appointed chap¬ lain for the unexpired term, to succeed Rev. A. W. E. Carrington.
Freeport School Items
Glee Club practice will be held in the auditorium of the High School next Monday evening, Feb. 2, at 8 o'clock. Miss Knighta, the leader, bas made ar¬ rangements so that the Cl^b will take part in the exercises of the prelimin¬ ary prize speaking contest, to be held some time in April or early in May.
Rhetorical work has again begun among the High School students now that examinations have been com¬ pleted. *
Many students took the exarnina tions preliminary to entering the High School, last week. A large number of pupils from Merrick, Bellmore,- Wan¬ tagh and other neighboring villages also took part. A number of the pu¬ pils earned their pre-academic certifi¬ cate granted by the New York State
R'ibt. G. Anderson, P. M. Education Department, by uuccessfully
observance of Christian Endeavor Day. | **""°'' "'^ "^'r* promiscuously without only snowed for a few minutes; over celebrated on the first Sunday of Feb- ^ ^stem of building up new lands, cast all the, afternoon
raary alt over the world. At tbis ser vice special exercises by the young people, special niusic and a sbort ad¬ dresa by the paator wiil be the feat- area of the occaaion.
Jan. 26, 1914.
,, , . DaSilva's 5 and 10c Store
foggy all day, and ^^-,^^ Enamelware, 10c
27 inch Embroideries. 10c yd.
The Town Board ought to take steps Tuesday,' very
to make Mr. Reynolds carry out his muddy
"'"'""*• , Wednesday, very fogp till 9 o'clock, p-;;5"c;i;,7i'o;'-"~„"^d
, *''l"'='*"' *''""• '""'^'^/; 8 qt. Galv. Pails, 10c
(ConUnued on page 8) i Thursday, warm, muddy. ,
passing the preliminary examinations in elementary United States history, with civics, geography, arithmetic, spelling, English language and compo- ; sition and writing.
Advert^meDt. More Frecpoit Newt ob Pife 8

Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914
Vcl. XIX, No. 5
Freeport
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HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
nk. Dednc 1 Hi»J
10.34 a.
In the Fraternal Orders News of the Churches jWant Waterways
Dredged
Doiacs in tk« saeret frateniAl org.winirtoBa of Frveport luid icinilr.
Friday, Jan.
Saturday,
Sunday, Feb.
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday
30,
31.
1,
2,
m.
11.03 ar. m.
7.18 a. ro.
12.12 p. m.
wejcomed their Deputy, Peter R.
Brown. Brother Brown addressed the
12.68 p. m. members on the aabject of attendance
4, 1.56 p. m. at meetings and pointed out that the
5, 8 09 p. m way to start enthusiasm was by worlj-
6, 4.28 p. m. ing from the inside out, rather than
7, 5.82 p. m. outside in. His remarlcs were well re- "~ ceived and after aeveral short talki by
Single copies of the Review for sale our own members, the meeting ad¬ at Greenblatt's and Braithwaite's, journed. Railroad Avenue: Kiefer's, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go-
Subj.cC of Sermoiu, Service* of the week and other doings in the churchea . „ I end church lociebea
About thirty members of Freeport j
Council No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M., ati christian Science Society. Services the regular meeting last Friday night! gunj^y morning at 11 a. m. ; Sanday
School, same hour ; Hempstead Bsnk
Building. Subject next Sunday, Feb¬ ruary 1, "Love." Wednesday even¬ ing services at 8 o'clock.
Enthusiastic Meeting Before Town
Board Committee To Discuss
the Question.
Local Topics
n«nt» and •splanations not entirely of • n^wa nature, on viUage affaire hy thaaditor.
Freeport's Patriarch In the Fire Department
(Contributed)
Few men who attain the age of 94 years can boast of the good health
Matter!
HOW DO THEY "GET
AWAY WITH IT?"
„ ,, _ ,, As 1 have remarked in this column
fraternity Hall, Freeport, was well j^^j^^^ ^^ frequently hear
filled at the meeting Wednesday after noon, called b.y the committee frorn the "Town Board, to consider the prop-
A reading room with Christian Sci- osition of opening the Town water ence literature is open at the above address every weekday from 1 :80 to 5 p. m.
say that he gets all the news village from the daily papers, with which we cannot fully agree. In a daily paper, judging by their reports on local affairs, accuracy is not one of the requisites. The following item appeared in one of the Brooklyn papers
betz s, Main Street: DaSilva s. West a „ ;, ,.„j„. n,„ ,i;.„ ,-, ,»
,,.,„, ' ' ., floor work under the direction of
Merrick Road. tf.
The selection by Mrs. Maud Camp
This Friday^evening, January 80 the bell Fuller, soloist, in the M. E
First Degree team will rehearse their j Church Sunday morning, will be "C
Joseph S. Thom, Boston for several turned to Freenort.
who has months,
been in has re-
De¬ gree Master C. Wesley Golden. All i the members who rehearsed in the, team two weeks ago are urged to be ' present. '
Lord Be Bartlett.
Merciful," by Homer
The W. C. T. U. will meet at home of Mrs. O, W._ Humphrey^, 258 | stated thiit they had already dug
once
and activity possessed by "Uncle" John A. Smith, who resides on North Main Street, near Seaman Avenue, and is known to a large portion of Free- ''f'^l''" P*"""^ residents and hundreds who lived ° "'¦'* in other places. i Hose 1
"Uncle" John can put in a fair day's j Hose 3 work sawing and splitting wood. He j Engine 1 attends to all the chores about his j Truck 1 place, drives a spirited young horse, in | Hose 4 the spring he [jlants a garden and in | Hose 2 the fall cuts corn and husks it. He can jump over a rail fence with the same H;iility as he possessed when con¬ siderably younger and does a lot of other things men younger than he would not think of attempting. /
"Uncle" John lives regularly and always has. That is one of his firm
f interest to and about th. Atemsem in tiur lucal department by H. E. P.
BOWLING TOURNAMENT. STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Won Lost P. C.
ROYAL ARCANUMITES BUSY The following officers of Council No, 1962, Royal Arcanum,
were publicly installed by District
Mrs. Leroy Corby of Smith Street Deputy Grand Regent Frank B. was hostess of the Five Hundred Club Hawkins and staff on Wednesday even
The advertisement of Libby & Ed wards is very opportune and your at tention is called to it.
at her home on Tuesday afternoon.
Lillian Miller has brought an action for absolute divorce against her hus¬ band, Roy B. Miiler, a former resident of this village.
The annual dinner of the Freeport Club will be held at the Club House on Tuesday evening. February 17, at 7:30. Tfie committee consists of Ed
ing: Regent, John S. Sumner; vice regent, O. T. Phillips; orator, Alfred P. Brown; secretary, George J. Harri¬ son; treasurer, Herbert A., Bacon; chaplain, John A. Cavo; guide,' Henry S. Starr; collector, George B. Pater¬ son; past regent, Sylvester P. Shea; warden, Charles Fowler; sentinel, G. H. Schnitzler; trustee, Robert H. Hunt.
Following this agreeable event, the
ward Thomp.son, chairman; Robert 'adits and gentlemen present enjoyed
games of progressive eachre and five hundred, and the Council presented a number of handsome prizes, which the regulations of the post office depart¬ ment prevent us from publishing.
Another interesting event will b« field on Washington's Birthday night.
Anderson, William Thompson, Thomas Soence, Hamilton King and Werner Nygren.
The show, "Traffic in Souls," at the American Theatre Monday and Tues- 'day of this week, afternoon and even¬ ing, drew large crowds, probably larg er than attended any show in Freeport before.
After the last performanci; the tilm was ?ent to Jamaicii, where it is show¬ ing for a week.
The next regular meeting of the FVeeport Arts Club will be held next oleasantly for its members and friends, Monday afternoon with Mrs. (Jeorge H. Hammonl The guests committee consists of Mrs. Frank E. Pitcher, Mrs. Henry J. Raymore, Mrs. Chas. H. Reach, iVliss Eleanor S. Roe, Miss J. C. f{o.ss, Mrs. Willam H. Sammons, Mrs. Samuel R. Smith.
So. Ocean Avenae. Thursday, Febru- ; ary 5 at 3 p. m. Program, "Scientific Fraternal I'^*'"P^'"""'^^ Instruction."
At the annual basiness meeting of fhe M. E. Sunday School Monday ev¬ ening, the lollowing officers were el¬ ected : Superintendent, Harold E. Brown ; assistant superintendents, Geo. VanRiper and Miss Anna Eldridge; secretary, Oscar W. Valentine; assist¬ ant secretary, Frank S. Snedeker, jr.; treasurer, Lewis H. Ross ; librarian. Sinclair Raynor; pianist, Miss Anna Eldridge; assistant pianist, Mrs. Sin¬ clair Raynor; chorister, Wilbur liay¬ nor; superintendent of Junior Depart¬ ment, Lewis H. Ross; superintendent of Cradle Roll, Mrs. S. 0. Curtice; superintendent of Home Department, Mrs. S. R. Smith.
ways so that it would be possible to
get to Point Lookout from the various
villages along the South Side during
the coming summer season A couple j \^^^ Thursday, which will give an idea
of weeks ago the Great South Bay i ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^-^ ^^ ^^
^T?,^?" ^u''"^ ;/""'!'^V general items, and this one which
and M.Lamb applied to the Town ,.,^„,j j,^^^. ^^^^^ ^^^-^^^^ ^j^^out any Board and asked them tc see if some- ^^^^^^^ whatever, thing could be done to open these Town - , , n i^
I waterways, particularly the channels The extension of the trolley fran-
the I connecting with Point Lookout. Thev <=h'9e of the Freeport Railroad Com-
"'" uch pany thiough Railroad Avenue, and up beliefs in ordtr to acquire longevity,
channels themselves once at an ex- Grove Street to East Handall Park is "Mo.^t people live too fast," said pense of about $1600, and would not P'"o^a'''y o"^'o^.^he causes of the boom the nonagenaritn. "Many of them do this again, 88 they were not mak- '"'"»'''''^"ik Cit.>, fiom mid¬ night on .Monday to midnight on Tues¬ day, had ninety-four alarms.
, ~. ,,^ ^ , i<=*'«""el was not navigable now at low tjyi|,,ii„p^t ^^ly^g^ j^,,^^,.
The regular meeting of the Woman s [ water, by boats drawing over 18 inches ^|, p^^^ section, better known as the
February 23 in Brooklyn Hall, when Missionary Society of the First Pres-' of water, and even at that the chunne lh>! Hearon Sisters Concert Company byterian Church will be held in the 1 was very narrow. This concerns the will present a fine musical and novelty chapel on Wednesday, February 4, at' villages of Freeport, Baldwin, Rock- program and al the conclusion of 3 o'clock. The subject will be "Am-*ville Centre, East Rockaway, and which another dance will be held. , rican Indians" and "Corea." ] many of the people who live in these
The interesting social events con-' I sections use that channel as the only
stnntly produced fjy this live Council ^n Sunday next, Dr. Curtice, pastor I way of getting to the beach, and their
of the Methodiat Church, will eom-. livelihood depends upon their ability plete the series of aermons on the ' to reach various sections of the bay, "Sermon on the Mount," which be is ' which could only be done through this preaching. The theme of the morning ' channel.
sermon will be "The Orchard Proof." j One of the most important attrac-
will be The topic of the evening sermon will | tions of Long Island is its waterways,
Wednes- i^e "The Flood Test." ] which the recent storms have practi-
The monthly meeting of the Official; cally closed up in this aection, and un-
Board will be held on Monday evening | less aomething is done immediately it
next, at 8 o'clock. | will prove a very material detriment
Plans are now under way for the ; to the Town of Hempstead.
have dono much to make the time pass
oleasantly for its
and a very active yenr is anticipated
Tho next regular meoting of Free port Chapter, 302, R. A. M. held at Mechanics' Hall next day evening, when the degree of Mark Master Mason will be conferred.
A moving picture show that ahould be helped, at least by every real - ^ .
sportsman buying a couple of ticketa, ; Thursday evening. At the same meet- '"K^ "t the church with the exception , extent that the Town of Hempstead
Freeport Lodge 1253, B. P. 0. E., initiated ten candidates at the meeting taking of the annual henevofent offer-1 it seemed to Mr. Fishei that to the
... the benefit performance for lhe ing len candidates were elected and ofthe offering for missions, which South Side Athletic Association, to be fifteen applijations received. The was taken some weeks ago. These held at the Plaza next Wednesday ev- present membership is now 732. causes have a noble puriwse and nioney
ening, Feb. 4. Tickets are now on , The Hous'j Committee announced sale, and if you are asked to buy a that the opening ball at the new Club couple do not try to get out of it. If House woL'ld probably be held on the you are not asked to buy any, you can eve of St Patrick's Day, although it
contributed to them is well invested. Were the Methodist Chureh to cease the work it is thus carrying on, and
had authority lo spend money on its highways it should be authorized lo spend money on its waterways, which were "Equally important. The Town owns over 10,000 acres of land along Its waterways, which could be materi
get theni at the Plaza.
were other denominations to call in ; ally improved if the channels were dug
had not been positively decided.
was served at the Club House, a mem¬ ber from Bay Shore having sent over two barrels of hard crabs to be used.
Business Men Dine
A meeting called by the Neighbor¬ hood Workera of Freeport was held in the assembly room of the Grove Street School Wednesday evening.
George J. Nelbach, assistant secre¬ tary of the State Charitiea Aid Asso¬ ciation, gave an intereating talk on
the "Public Health Law," especially; The Business Men's Aasociation of in its relation to the care and treat-1 Freeport had an informal dinner and ment of tutierculoais patients. i "exchange if ideas" at the Alpine
Dr. Charles S. Prest, executive in Hotel, Merrick lioad and Bayview charge of the hospital work of the so- ! Avenue, Tuesday night. James Cam- ciety, also addressed the meeting. ! pion, president of the association, pre¬
sided.
their workers from similar tasks, the
world wouid aoon begin its downward
After the meeting, a crab supper course. Sunday, February 8, is the
day fixed for this great annual bring¬ ing in of the "tithes.''
The topic of the Thursday evening prayer service next week will be "The Strait Way: Reasons Why It la Straight."
A very pleasant evening was paaaed , gmith Cox, President of the village, at the home of Mr and Mrs. Arthur i^„^ ^^e Freeport merchant a care- Whitehouse, North Mam Street, Sat- f„,_ painstaking person, trying to ca- urday January 24, when they e«.ter-; t„ ^ ^^e needs of the people. The tained a number of young peop e >n h.usiness organization is a valuable as- honor of their niece. Miss Gertrude j .^^ ^^ ^^e village, he thinks. Village Brotheridge, of Flatbuah j^^^^ Ernest S. Randall spoke on
The evening wad spent in play.ng ^he importance of credit, referring to gamei and dancing, the favors being ^he improved standing it gives in a won by Miss Grace Turner Miss Annie ^ju Louis Hall advocated the
Bedell, Harvey George and Joe Pettit. After the dancing supper was served, which the young folks greatly enjoyed. Among those present were : Miss Grace and Helen 1 urner, Edith Whitehouse, Helen Sprague, Annie Bedell, Susie George, Florence Whitehouse, Ger¬ trude Brotheridge ;Messrs. Archie Post, Harvey George, Willard VanRiper.i Judson Longeman, Bert Edwards, Joe Pettit, Claude Brotheridge; also^Mrisi Charles Whitehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Brotheridge.
760 Peck & Snyder Club Skates, 49c Stable Lanterna, 89c Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Kitchen Stoves, No. 8, $16.00;
No. 6, $10.00
Boat Stoves, $8.75 Griddlea, 69c up O-Cedar Mops, 98c 89c Axes, 65e Clothciipins, 8c doz.
DaSilva's, W. Merrick Road. Advertiaement.
"Conditions of Discip^.ship," will be the morning subject of the sermon in the Baptist Church next Sunday. In the evening the pastor. Rev. Elmer E. Loux, will preach the concluding sermon in the "Prodigal Son" Series. Subject, "A Waiting Father, and a Welcome Home." All are moet cord¬ ially invited to be present.
The paator of the church has sent out to the members of his congrega¬ tion a post card invitation to make next Sunday a special "Go To Church Day." The card is as follows: My dear Friends:—
In Brooklyn and elsewhere, next prompt redaction of claims by the pub- -Sunday, February 1, is "Go To Church lishing of judgmeots. jDay." Would it not be a splendid
James Hanse, formerly Village thing for us, and for our church, if President, declared that the real estate I everyone would just determine to valuation* in Freeport compare favor- I make that day a church day? For once ably with other villageb on Long Isl- let us have the church full, and it will and. The buyer in Kreeport gets more ; be easy if all in this home, both young for his money than anywhere else on j and old, would go to church next Sun- Long laland, he said. j day. Encourage your church and its . Albin N. Johnson, secretary and i pastor and honor jod, by making spe- counsel for the aHsociation, said that I cial efforts to be present both morning last month 300 letters were sent out | and evening. Everybody come; bring for claims. In many instances mer- j aomebody. chants have secured judgments worth i Affectionately your Paator, while. He dwelt on the mutual as-j Elmer E. Loux. sistance each member gives the other. I "
What pleases him is tbe slow, steady [ The Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Vincent growth the association has made in ita i ^^ P*"' Society of the Church of the two vears. i Holy Redeemer will hoid a euchre and
Frank A. Wood, County Sealer of i dance at Brooklyn Hall, February 6.
in a proper manner and the land along the same improved. If the Town
Hron.x, then ahowed more building operations than any other section of the village with the exception of the Woodcleft Soction.
ALWAYS THE SAME I imagine that our city contemporar¬ ies must furnish a book of instructions to reporters, and that one of the items of inatruction must read something ; like this:
"When reporting a robbery always state the village is agr^g with excite¬ ment over the affair."
It does not matter if anyone knows it except the police anti the owner of jthe house, the wording looks good any¬ how.
FOUR TRUSTEES OR EICHTV I note that the Freeport Taxfiayers Asaociation is considering the proposi¬ tion to ask the voters to decide as to whether there shall be four or fight Truatees in the Village Board. At the present time I am not in favor of this (iroposition, but would be (ileased to receive the opinion of my readers
Board did not have authority to spend ; «'/'^e'"_^"':_°'"«K«'"«t this proposition, the money then the committee should recommend that necessary legislation be immediately procured to allow the Town to take care of its waterways.
Judge Raisig asked Mr. Fishei what he thought the expense of clearing the channel at the present time would be, and Mr. Fishei aaid that he thought it would be about $1200, but thia would be only a temporary clearing
Tickets are selling nicely for the masquerade and civic ball of Hose 1 at the Crystal Lake House on Thurs¬ day evening, February 19. Tickets miiy lie secured of any member of the committee which consists of Edward Tryon, chairman; Daniel G. Raynor, LeRoy Smith and
Alvin E Ciarenc
Raynor, Williams
Boy Lost At Merrick
Mrs. Moaes Jarvis called at the Nas sau County Review office yesterday al- ternonn a'nd asked for aid in a search for her 12 year old grandson, Walter Schenck, who had not been aeen since noon the day before. He was at school at Merrick at noon playing wilh some
SMITH
Freeport's oldest citizen, who is still ¦ enjoying life immensely
I people has ridden in ajtomobiles.
I "I like the automoliile," but I want
I .^ careful driver," said the venerable
j citizen.
During his early life, "Uncle" John wa.- Iiain2d iv ffr:jiing. He was born near Merrick, but for over 60 years has lived al his present home in Free-
Judge Raisig said that the Town I of the other poys, and when the belli , , ,
apent about $40,000 for maintaining rang they all ran in, and his absence ! P""-*- tor years he worked lhe tract its highways outside of incorporated I was not noticed, but when he failed to | of'and consisting of about 14 acres
ghways outside ot incorporaicu i . — -- - -- i , ^ ¦. , ,
villages, and there ahould be, if there j return*ome at night Mr.s. Jarvis be- I ^>f"^^ 't «as sub-divided into building waa not, some law to allow the Town i ¦ niarkets and gays he knew every could find no trace of the missing lad. ¦ bouse between Freeport and the East Mrs. Jarvis was referred to Sherifl R'ver.
Pettit who has alarm for the lad.
sent out a general
Nosworthy Home Robbed; Also Others
An adjourned meeting of the Fire ('ouncii was held ut the Engine Hng, and valuables estimated at over bility of Senator Reynolds and the $3000 were stolen. - • ^
First Construction Co., which had! Mr. Nosworthy is vice president of "¦*¦"• <=°"*V""""K''7 .K^^^at'ons.
¦ a ficahnarA rnnofe„ntinn r^mnonv »" pOlltlCS, UnClc John IH a R
"Uncle" John married Susan Smilh, a daughter of Capl. Kaynor Rock Smith, one of the early settlers of Freeport, and the first paid lifeiaver
on the south I.ong Island coast. She, . ,,,-,..,„,,
died at the age of 89 in 1911. The I '"''"^ custody of Kngine (.„. No. 1, couple had tw.»lve children, three ofj ^''"^'^ quarters the Council meets whom are living- Alonzo and Abraham Lincoln of Freeport and Charles Smith of Baldwin, chairman of the Republic an Town Committee. Fifteen grand¬ children are living, 10 great grand¬ children and 2 great great grandchild-
bought from the Town the property at i the Seaboard Construction Company Long Beach, and most of Point Look- iand during tbe winter lives in Brook- out, Judge Raisig said that Mr. Rey-! lyn. Wednesday noon his young son.
poi
publican. He has voted regularly for Presidential candidates since 1814.
nolds, at a meeting with the ' Town Arthur D Nosworthy, was here, looked ^'""*^ >*"*" ^.V'" ^* *'*''^/^'-' °^'" °^
nd
two
Weights and Measures, brought with ! The proceeds are for charch carpets, him several boxes and baskets to show i '* "'as one of the wishes of the late the cheating devices some merchants i ^«^- Charles A. Logue that the fund use He told of his visits to the vari- j be completed, and the socieiy ia mak- ous villages. While violations have I'ng every eflfort to have the affaira
~ heen many in some villages, and while ' Kreat success. Refreshments will be
Annual white goods sale at Bar-! he has had several violations in Free-j served. Mrs. Charles S. Hervey, of aach's Dept. Store begins Saturday, i PO't, too, his last trip around tne eir-' B»Jdwin, and Mrs. Harry L. Cohen, of January 31. Double grew, stamps c"'* showed a gain in honeaty here. | Porterfield Place, Freeport, given with everything in tt» line of Not a single violation was lodged on < charge of the arrangements, white goods. This will be the^'largeat f^'s recent visit to the village, cut price sale in white goods this town J- D. Kiefer urged the basiness
members of the Association to favor all village improvements as a method of bringing new people into the village and thus helping business in general. During the evening, entertainment
have
,has ever had,.
See our windows.
Advw^aement
MOTHERS ATTENTION!
Children's Serge Dresses, regular price up to $3.49; year choice, $2.25; | was fari7iahed by ^Dudley Preacott of •izes 6 to 14 years.
Children'a School Dresses, 59c up Underwear for all—
Infant's, 2fi to 50c
Children's Fleeced Lined, 20 to S5c
Boys' Heavy Fleeced, 25 to 35c
Children's Wool, 40 to 76c
Ladiea' Fleeced Lined, 26 to 60c
Men's Heavy Fleeced, 60c
Men's Heavy Grey, 60 to 85e
Men'a Wool, guaranteed, $1 to $1.60
Children's Union Suits, 26 to 76c
Seai'nan'B Reliable. Dry Gooda Store,
j Revival services are announced for j every evening except Saturday at the I First Methodibt Church. North Main ^ Street, in . harge of Rev. R. H. Shaw I of New York.
tbe Star Lyceum Bureau of New York.
Fourteen Years Ago
(It